subfamilial
Adjective
Meaning
subfamilial (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to a subfamily.
Examples
According to the Melbourne Code, the subfamilial name Ixoroideae should be replaced by Dialypetalanthoideae.
However, Dialypetalanthus is morphologically quite aberrant in Rubiaceae and if it should be excluded from Rubiaceae, the subfamilial name remains Ixoroideae.
The last subfamilial classification solely based on morphological characters divided Rubiaceae into four subfamilies: Cinchonoideae, Ixoroideae, Antirheoideae, and Rubioideae.